172 lines
4.7 KiB
Groff
172 lines
4.7 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993
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.\" @(#)vacation.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/16/93
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.\"
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.Dd June 16, 1993
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.Dt VACATION 1
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.Os BSD 4.3
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm vacation
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.Nd return ``I am not here'' indication
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm vacation
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.Fl i
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.Op Fl r Ar interval
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.Nm vacation
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.Op Fl a Ar alias
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.Ar login
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm Vacation
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returns a message to the sender of a message telling them that you
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are currently not reading your mail. The intended use is in a
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.Pa .forward
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file. For example, your
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.Pa .forward
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file might have:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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\eeric, "|/usr/bin/vacation -a allman eric"
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.Ed
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which would send messages to you (assuming your login name was eric) and
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reply to any messages for
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.Dq eric
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or
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.Dq allman .
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.Pp
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Available options:
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl a Ar alias
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Handle messages for
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.Ar alias
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in the same manner as those received for the user's
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login name.
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.It Fl i
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Initialize the vacation database files. It should be used
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before you modify your
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.Pa .forward
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file.
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.It Fl r
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Set the reply interval to
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.Ar interval
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days. The default is one week. An interval of
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.Dq 0
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means that
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a reply is sent to each message, and an interval of
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.Dq Li infinite
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(actually, any non-numeric character) will never send more than
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one reply. It should be noted that intervals of
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.Dq Li \&0
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are quite
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dangerous, as it allows mailers to get into
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.Dq I am on vacation
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loops.
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.El
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.Pp
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No message will be sent unless
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.Ar login
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(or an
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.Ar alias
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supplied using the
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.Fl a
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option) is part of either the
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.Dq To:
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or
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.Dq Cc:
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headers of the mail.
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No messages from
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.Dq ???-REQUEST ,
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.Dq Postmaster ,
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.Dq Tn UUCP ,
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.Dq MAILER ,
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or
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.Dq MAILER-DAEMON
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will be replied to (where these strings are
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case insensitive) nor is a notification sent if a
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.Dq Precedence: bulk
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or
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.Dq Precedence: junk
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line is included in the mail headers.
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The people who have sent you messages are maintained as an
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.Xr ndbm 3
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database in the file
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.Pa .vacation.db
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in your home directory.
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.Pp
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.Nm Vacation
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expects a file
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.Pa .vacation.msg ,
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in your home directory, containing a message to be sent back to each
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sender. It should be an entire message (including headers). For
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example, it might contain:
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.Pp
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.Bd -unfilled -offset indent -compact
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From: eric@CS.Berkeley.EDU (Eric Allman)
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Subject: I am on vacation
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Delivered-By-The-Graces-Of: The Vacation program
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Precedence: bulk
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I am on vacation until July 22. If you have something urgent,
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please contact Keith Bostic <bostic@CS.Berkeley.EDU>.
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--eric
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.Ed
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.Pp
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.Nm Vacation
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reads the first line from the standard input for a
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.Ux
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.Dq From
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line to determine the sender.
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.Xr Sendmail 8
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includes this
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.Dq From
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line automatically.
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.Pp
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Fatal errors, such as calling
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.Nm vacation
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with incorrect arguments, or with non-existent
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.Ar login Ns Ar s ,
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are logged in the system log file, using
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.Xr syslog 8 .
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width "vacation.dirxxx" -compact
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.It Pa ~/.vacation.db
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database file
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.It Pa ~/.vacation.msg
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message to send
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr sendmail 8 ,
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.Xr syslog 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm vacation
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command appeared in
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.Bx 4.3 .
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